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802 p. + Colored maps; engraved portrait illustrations; and plates showing architecture, etc. Title page loose and torn with some text loss. 4to. All edges gold gilt. Boards detached; spine lacking. The colored maps and architectural plates really make this a stand out among PA county histories. PA 1
104 p. + Photo Illustrations. Binding poor; lacks spine. Old damp stain. Though a poor copy, this is still a useful record of the "Queen of the Anthracite Region" at the time of the county's centenary in 1911. PA 22
350 pages. Many detailed diagrams. A serious and highly-informative treatment of these topics which were vital to profitable operation of underground mines at the turn of the last century. Two names upon verso of front free endpaper. Name stamped inside back free endpaper. Binding firm. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 288 pages. Many b&w photos, charts, tables, mechanical drawings.
79 pages including index and photos. Black and white photos and illustrations. Geological maps (back pocket). Table of contents include stratigraphy of Bullhead Succession (Monteith, Beattie Peaks, Monach, Brenot, and Crassier Group formations), description of localities and sections (French Petroleum Co, Grant Knob, Peace River Canyon, Rainbow Rocks) and economic geology (coal, oil and gas). Somewhat above-average wear. Spine taped. Usual library markings. A worthy working copy. Book
8vo, 22cm. Pp. 319, 1 fold. map, several illus. in text (incl. facsim.), notes & refs., geogr. name index. Orig. quarter morocco, top edges gilt.
Armand Colin 1930, In-8 broché, 424 pages. Couverture tachée en bord néanmoins bon exemplaire.
1 volume in-12° relié pleine percaline bleue éditeur avec fer spécial doré de la bibliothèque des merveilles, 316 pp. + 66 figures. Bon état mais avec des rousseurs et quelques traces de mouillure. [FL-11]
315 pages. Archival glossy black and white illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Chapters include: The Dreams of Men; Buildings and Memories; Community Organizations; Ethnic Backgrounds; Misguided Dreams. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket. A quality copy. HALE & BARMAN 446. Book
559pp, 560-1229pp + maps + errata VG/none First edition, in French. Editorial red cloth with gilt author and title on front board and spine, slightly worn with small stains, minute dent on the spine of vol.I, Royal Statistical Society sticker on the rear boards, one leaf in vol.I torn (no loss, repairable), unobstrusive stamps of the RSS throughout incl. Title page, Author's signed presentation on preliminary leaf detached in vol.I, small loss on margins in frontespice of vol.II, paper slightly browned on margins. Despite the defects observed it remains a nice set, tight and clean. Comprehensive work dedicated to the British coal trade, profusely illustrated by tables, large attractive folding charts and maps, some in colour. Two large coloured folding maps are included in a back pocket in vol.II. "Researches on the power of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. With charts, maps and graphs. Production and consumption of coal, lignites and petrol in the world and in the British Colonies, Navy and Army.". Heavy volumes (almost 3kg) attracting extra postage charges. Prima edizione, in francese. Due volumi tutta tela rossa con autore e titolo dorati al piatto e al dorso, leggeri segni di usura e qualche lieve macchia, piccola tacca al dorso del vol. I, etichetta della Royal Statistical Society al piatto posteriore, una pagina constrappo (senza mancanze, riparabile), discreti timbri della RSS all'interno. Presentazione autografa dall'autore sul foglio preliminare, staccato, nel vol.I, piccole mancanze al bordo del frontespizio del vol.II e carta lievemente brunita ai margini. Nonostante i difetti indicati i due volumi sono in condizioni piu' che buone. Completa ed esauriente opera dedicata al carbone delle Isole Britanniche con molte mappe e diagrammi. Due cartine di grande formato piegate sono presenti in una tasca nel vol.II.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/2"w x 11"h 148 pages. Laid-in folded map of Coal Mines of the Lethbridge District 1874-1982. Many b&w photos.
Proceedings from a symposium at the American Chem. Soc. meeting, Aug - Sep 1976. Usual library labels and stamps. Cover rubbed and dirty. 2cm split at top of spine. Contents clean, tight and bright. Ex - Library
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of office of the Oxbow (Saskatchewan) Herald newspaper showing Joe Pedlar, owner; Dorothy Thompson argues that "We've Earned the Arabs' Hatred"; Nice colour ad for Bluestone shirts of Montreal; Interesting full-page illustrated ad for B.C. Plywood boasts of how the Banff Chairlift Terminal Building survived an avalanche due to the strength of their product; Fantastic two-page colour-illustrated ad for the 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria; The "Religious Crisis" in Quebec politics - two priests indict their province for "political immorality" - article wth many photos; Who Says Business Isn't Fun? - Lionel Avard Forsyth, the heavyweight boss of Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation is Canada's biggest employer - article by Peter C. Newman with photos; This is Why I Killed Them (short story); The Ryerson Institute of Technology - The versatile college with the concrete campus - article with photos; Colour photo feature on the Bay of Fundy with article; Hammering Herb Trawick - The Gentle Bone-Crusher of the Montreal Alouettes - article with photos; The Bizarre Mystery of B.C.'s "Champagne Safari" - Charles Bedaux squandered a quarter-million dollars on a Canadian wilderness trek mid-depression - article with photos; You Take the Suburbs - I Don't Want Them; Unmarked. Average wear. Ads clipped from page 67, 73, 81, 87 and 95 affecting only the end of the Trawick story and a small portion of the Forsyth article; A nice vintage issue. Book
76 pages. Features: John L. Lewis vs. the People - the man who ran the coal mines in wartime says the U.S. must break the power monopoly of John L. Lewis; Look Out when you Eat Out; What to do in a Fire; Hundred-Year Harvest - Farmers in 72 lands use Massy-Harris equipment; Elizabeth and Philip - Close-up of a Royal Romance; Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh; The Nahanni Valley. Nice colour ads for: The Banff Springs Hotel; Campbell's Vegetable Soup; Stetson Hats; Canada Dry; SOS Pads; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Maxwell House Coffee; Kellogg's Corn Flakes; Good Year Tires; Carling Breweries; Studebaker automobiles. Average wear. Covers partially detached. A worthy copy of this very nostalgic issue. Book
33" x 25" coloured map. "Showing Dominion Lands Vacant. For complete information and regulations governing homestead entry apply to agent at Peace River..." Coal mines, water developed, other minerals, undeveloped minerals, oil and gas wells, power transmission lines and main roads indicated. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent homesteading memento of the Peace River/Grande-Prairie District. Book
Volume I: pp. xx; 13-494. Uncut and unopened. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Spine faded. Includes important articles on: William Penn; Lord Baltimore; Provincial Literature (with bibliographic notes); Discovery of Anthracite Coal on the Lehigh; Notices of Negro Slavery; First Settlements of the Townships of Buckingham and Solebury in Bucks County; Robert Proud; Early Medical History; Etc. Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 35
314 pages. Many black and white illustrations. "The Story of this 'Island to the West', its past, and its present" - from title page. Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. Somewhat above-average soiling and wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
63 pages. A detailed description of how mines were intricately surveyed in 1842 - 1892. "Be the mine limestone, ironstone, coal or clay, the same process is gone through." - from chapter one. Maroon cloth cover with gilt lettering. Page 56/57 binding loose but intact. Foxing to endpapers and title page. Minor foxing to sides of content on pages that fold out. Otherwise content unmarked. Minor wear to spine and corners. A worthy copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Locomotive Kit Construction - 2; The Midland Division from Nationalisation to Electrification - 4; Signal Chart -4; Building a Garden Railway for Steam; Datafile - LSWR bullion van; Bodmin goods shed; Tetbury 1935; Tetbury's Trees; Private Owner Wagon Colourrs; The Tumbler Sub - Built for coal; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
226 pages. 24cm. Autobiography of Vancouver Island coal magnate James Dunsmuir's eldest grandson. "I feel that exposing the situations through which I have passed may be of help to others. I have laced the story of my life with familiar names and incidents of a sensational nature not only to entertain but to point up the pitfalls to be avoided at all levels of society." - dust jacket. "He brings to life the downward path from the silk of society to the seamy side of Soho and the gutters of Marseilles." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to publisher's green cloth. Binding sound. Unmarked. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating life story. EDWARDS & LORT 141. Book
38.5" x 26.75" map. Indicates sixty-seven coal mines and prospects. Extensive descriptive notes along right margin. Legend in left margin indicates the various formations shown on the map, including Gabriola, Northumberland, De Courcy, Cedar, Protection, Newcastle, Cranberry, Extension, Haslam and East Wellington, and Benson. Stored in original government-issued kraft envelope with some markings. Covers the area from Ladysmith Harbour north to Arbutus Point, south of Parksville. Includes most of Gabriola Island on the east and several miles inland from the coast on the west. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A fascinating and highly-informative guide to the historic industry upon which Nanaimo was founded. An excellent vintage copy, most suitable for framing. Book
pp. viii, 100, 12 [Appendix : Rules and regulations of the Bute Docks at Cardiff] + Two engraved maps. Yellow endpapers. Thin 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in blind. Cloth taped spine. Manuscript presentation from the Marquess of Bute to Robert Stephenson. Bute Docks: Following the development of the coal found in South Wales, the export of both coal and iron products required a sea connection to the Bristol Channel. In 1794, the Glamorganshire Canal was completed, linking the then small town of Cardiff with Merthyr, and in 1798 a basin was built, connecting the canal to the sea. By the 1830s, Cardiff became the pre-eminent iron-exporting port, shipping almost half of British overseas iron exports; between 1840 and 1870. Lack of proper dock facilities led Cardiff's foremost landowner, John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848), to promote the construction of the (West) Bute Dock. Designed by Admiral William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), hydrographer, astronomer, antiquary, and author of this work. It opened in October 1839. Just two years later, the Taff Vale Railway was opened, following much the same route as the canal. Bute created modern Cardiff, Wales and the docks there. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer (many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son). Robert also gained fame as a bridge builder. The book also has an early pencil ownership for: W.J. Lewis, The Mardy, Aberdare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151 Far Rt
4to. Pp. iv,193-224, several photos on 9 pls., 3 tabs., 4 figs., refs., index. Orig. wrs. - Carboniferous.
165 pages. Glossary and index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "An account of coal mining in the Grand Lake coal basin and the growth of the village of Minto, New Brunswick." - Introduction. Chapters include: Early History; The French; English Settlers and Loyalists; The Birth of a Province and an Industry; Wagons and Woodboats; Mining Reports, Methods and Locations; Schools, Churches and Post Offices; Medicine Men, Midwives and M.D.'s; The Country Doctor; The Coming of the Railroad; The Mines and the Men (King Lumber Company, The Weltons, Rothwell Coal Company, Sir Thomas Tait (Minto Coal), Avon Coal Company, A.D. Taylor (Miramichi Lumber Company), Labour Relations), How the Community Grew 1904-1929, The "Thirties", 1939-1969. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is slightly shorter than book and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this informative and important New Brunswick local history. Book
"In some of the most dangerous mines in the world, fortunes were made and hundreds of lives were lost. The origins of the present volatile labour climate in British Columbia can be seen in the long and frustrating fight for a union which began in the 1850s and ended eighty years later in Nanaimo when management finally recognized the United Mind Workers of America just six weeks before the largest mine on the Island closed forever. This lively presentation combines archival footage with the reminiscences of retired miners." - from cover. Please note: This is a VHS video tape which appears to be circa 1980s. Book